Posts by Xanthippe

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Sexual Depredation as a function of male society by men of a Certain Age

by TerryWalstrom in

jw
friends

i would like to remind those folks younger than i that it was very few years ago when almost the entire planet earth was run by and for the benefit of men.women have throughout history been the property of men.due to religious restrictions, teachings, and fundamentalist doctrines, women in the largest societies on earth right now (muslim, chinese, n.korean) have almost no human rights at all.next year, in june, women will, for the 1st time, be allowed in arabia to drive---but--only if they are 30 years old or older, and for only a few hours per day!the old testament laws (read through them sometime) are horrifying reflective of prejudice toward gender, bodily cleanliness, guilt-tripping, and anonymity.

(what was noah's wife's name?

lot's wife?

Xanthippe

I think things have changed and I hope it will continue Longhairgal. Have you seen the film Suffragette? The credits at the end list the dates women were given the vote in each country and it made me feel proud of the women who led the way in the nineteenth century amidst imprissonment, torture, being shunned by society and having their children taken away from them.

I agree we've still got a long way to go and the glass ceiling remains in many industries. I can only cope by looking back and seeing how far we've come, it's too depressing otherwise.

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Sexual Depredation as a function of male society by men of a Certain Age

by TerryWalstrom in

jw
friends

i would like to remind those folks younger than i that it was very few years ago when almost the entire planet earth was run by and for the benefit of men.women have throughout history been the property of men.due to religious restrictions, teachings, and fundamentalist doctrines, women in the largest societies on earth right now (muslim, chinese, n.korean) have almost no human rights at all.next year, in june, women will, for the 1st time, be allowed in arabia to drive---but--only if they are 30 years old or older, and for only a few hours per day!the old testament laws (read through them sometime) are horrifying reflective of prejudice toward gender, bodily cleanliness, guilt-tripping, and anonymity.

(what was noah's wife's name?

lot's wife?

Xanthippe

I would like to remind those folks younger than I that it was very few years ago when almost the entire planet Earth was run by and FOR MEN

Great thread Terry. No need to remind me, I'm a dyed in the wool feminist. Actually I've read very little feminist literature but I just knew growing up that men and women are equal, anything else struck me as ludicrous. Odd for a born-in JW isn't it?

I remember terrible sexism growing up, no equality in employment, women treated as sex objects. I have posted a thread about the driving ban being lifted for women in Saudi next year.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4884496149118976/bending-verses-sharia

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Things I Cant Stand Since Leaving Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

what a breath a fresh air to be free of watchtower.

now i can finally rant about the things i put up with that i'd never put up with now.. in no particular order:.

little kids in suits.

Xanthippe

Circuit Overseers asking those stupid trick questions from the platform so they can tell each person who's frantically waving their arm that they've got it wrong and then smugly give a ridiculous answer no one could possibly have guessed. I just wanted to slap them.

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

Three dead, 120,000 homes without power in Ireland, a bit more than a breeze. Still blowing a gale here in Leicestershire

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

You're right about the dust Stan, I've just been to the shops and my car's covered in dust.

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

Hey Fulano a woman just died in this storm when a tree fell on her car in Ireland.

My greenhouse was damaged in the bad storm we had in February. Yeah I know we don't get hurricanes but we're starting to get bad storms here. Climate change is here.

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

Oh noooo!

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Dietary Quirks Among JWs

by millie210 in

i recently had to accompany an older family member out of state to a family reunion.

it was a big reunion and not much was overtly made of the fact that i am "misguided" and not attending meetings (lost soul that i am) which was nice.

the thing i noticed that i was most struck by was all the dietary quirks in evidence during our 3 days together.

Xanthippe

I feel one of the big reasons is STRESS - Still TotallyADD

I agree with this100 %. I do eat healthily but I think you can eat all the fruit, veg and wholefoods you like but if you are under the kind of stress we were in that religion your body is going to suffer.

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

@Driving Force

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is armageddon starting ?

by stan livedeath in

the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..

Xanthippe

Hurricane Ophelia apparently. BBC says a women has been killed in Ireland in the storm.